Mine blast kills teenager in SW Iran

The accident happened in Ankoush village, Fath ol-Mobin district, Shush Police Commander Colonel Hamidreza Baharvand told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Monday night.

According to Shush Emergency, the teenager first lost his limbs and due to the severity of the injuries, he died in a local hospital.

During the war imposed by the Iraqi dictator on Iran, 16 million landmines were planted in over 4,200,000 hectare of lands in the Iranian provinces bordering Iraq by the army of the former Ba'athist regime.

Despite the fact that landmine areas have been cleared, explosions of mines and other explosive devices remaining from the war often cause death and injuries.

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